Stories Puerto Rico (U.S.) from July, 2008
Flap continues over ‘Obama is my slave’ t-shirt
Lost in the hubbub of last week’s New Yorker cartoon flap was another image controversy regarding Democratic nominee for President Barack Obama. The second deals with a self-proclaimed provocateur going by the name Apollo Braun, a designer of a line of t-shirts stating “Obama Is My Slaveâ€, “Who Killed Obama?â€,“Jews Against Obama†and “Obama=Hitler.†John Liebhardt brings us the latest buzz from the blogosphere.
Rosa Clemente as Green Party running mate
Former Representative (D-Georgia) Cynthia McKinney is running for president on the Green Party ticket. On July 9, she announced Rosa Clemente, hip-hop activist and journalist, as her running mate. The blogosphere is abuzz with reactions to the announcement.